Basic Details
Surname
Ainley
Forenames
Maurice
Gender
Male
Information stated on memorial
Served or died
Died
Notes
Hornshaw and Fowler provide the extra details. Originally from Barkisland, he served in the Duke of Wellington's West Riding Regiment and was one of the many in that regiment to die in the failed attack on the Schwaben Redoubt on the Somme on 3rd September 1916. He was 20 and never married but a token of love was sent upon his death by a May from Triangle. He is also commemorated on IWM 2627 and 2630.
Primary Service
Our References
Service (Primary - Our reference)
Unit (Primary - Our reference)
Rank / Title (Primary - Our reference)
Death and Burial details
Country of death
France
Town of death
Somme
Year of death
1916
Month of death
September
Day of death
3
Age at death
20
Manner of death reference
Killed in Action